† klumene Chem. Obs.
(ˈkluːmiːn)
[f. mod.L. kalium potassium (see quot. 1900) + -ene.]
= acetylene.
| 1853 H. Watts tr. Gmelin's Hand-bk. Chem. VIII. 150 A carbide of potassium..gives off, when immersed in water, a peculiar combustible gas, which is klumene gas. 1900 V. B. Lewes Acetylene iii. 63 Edmund Davy, in 1836, named the newly-discovered gas bicarburet of hydrogen..; whilst later the name ‘klumene’ was bestowed upon it, because it had been derived from a kalium compound—potassium carbide. 1901 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 3 Dec. 204 Olefine and Klumene Compounds. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 35/1 Acetylene, klumene or ethine, is one of the gaseous compounds of hydrogen and carbon. |